FCP training for Les Copaque

We had the honour of tutoring Les Copaque in the the use of Apple's Final Cut Pro. Les Copaque is the creator of the world famous animated series, *Upin & Ipin. The show debuted in Disney Channel Asia and was dubbed in English on 23rd November, 2009 as part of So Syok! Holidays of Disney Channel.

Baron with Faren (Composer) and Safrizan (Head of Compositing) during FCP training at Les Copaque

My two participants, Faren and Safrizan were very courteous and attentive. Faren is a composer and Safrizan is Head Compositor. Prior to the training, I was brought on a tour of this renowned animation studio. How do you know if the person behind a monitor is an animator? Look at the toy models on his workplace. There were ample toys all over the studio.

Les Copaque s affectionately known as Last Kopak- in our culture, the last 'kopak' typically means the last peel, hence the final chance at making great animated films and presenting them to the world. Last I heard, even the russians are enjoying the Upin & Ipin series. There are also die-hard fans in Turkey and Indonesia.

Under the sculpture of a gigantic frog perched over a coconut shell, the building houses over 90 staff and they're still hiring! Each day I was at Les Copaque, I saw at least one tour being conducted. I was told they would be delighted to have my students from Saito College over.

The training went on very smooth. By the last day, they were fast becoming video editors. On the last day I joined Faren and Safrizan for lunch at Geng Cafe just across the road from Les Copaque. This restaurant is themed around Upin & Ipin with characters from the show decorating the walls. It's jointly owned by Les Copaque and similar to the animated series, the food is really good too!

*Upin and Ipin are five-year-old identical twin brothers living in a Malay-Muslim household with their sister Ros and maternal grandmother Mak Uda. They are orphans and they live in a village known as Kampung Durian Runtuh in Malaysia